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THE SECOND BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>SAMUEL</span><br/> OTHERWISE CALLED<br/> THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS
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CHAPTER 5
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All Israel anoints David king—He takes Jerusalem and is blessed of the Lord—He conquers the Philistines.
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Then</span> came all the tribes of Israel to <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 11: 1 (1-9).">David</a> unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we <i>are</i> thy bone and thy flesh.
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Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: and they <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 14: 8.">anointed</a> <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 2: 4 (3-4); 1 Chr. 12: 23.">David</a> <sup>c</sup><a href="2_sam/5/3c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Kings, Earthly.">king</a> over Israel.
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&#182; David <i>was</i> thirty years old when he began to <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 11: 3.">reign</a>, <i>and</i> he <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 8: 15; 1 Kgs. 2: 11; 1 Chr. 29: 27.">reigned</a> forty years.
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In Hebron he reigned over <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 2: 4.">Judah</a> seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 2: 11; 1 Chr. 3: 4.">reigned</a> thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
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&#182; And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Josh. 15: 63; Judg. 1: 21.">Jebusites</a>, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
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Nevertheless David took the strong hold of <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Zion.">Zion</a>: the same <i>is</i> the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/7b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 2: 10.">city</a> of David.
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And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 11: 4.">Jebusites</a>, and the lame and the blind, <i>that are</i> hated of David’s soul, <i>he shall be chief and captain.</i>  Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
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So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 11: 7.">city</a> of David.  And David built round about from <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/9b" mark="b" type="E" title="The Heb. root word suggests a fill, terrace, or elevation as part of the defense bastion; 1 Kgs. 9: 15 (15, 24); 1 Kgs. 11: 27; 2 Kgs. 12: 20; 2 Chr. 32: 5.">Millo</a> and inward.
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And David went on, and grew great, and the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of hosts <i>was </i>with him.
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&#182; And <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 5: 1.">Hiram</a> king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house.
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And David perceived that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
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&#182; And David took <i>him</i> more concubines and <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 17: 17 (14-17); Jacob 2: 24 (23-24); Jacob 3: 5 (5-7); D&C 132: 38 (38-39).">wives</a> out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Sam. 3: 2.">sons</a> and daughters born to David.
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And these <i>be</i> the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
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Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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&#182; But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard <i>of it,</i> and went down to the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/17a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR stronghold.">hold</a>.
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The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And David enquired of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines?  wilt thou deliver them into mine hand?  And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
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And David came to <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 14: 11 (10-11); Isa. 28: 21.">Baal</a>-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/20b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR bursting-forth.">breach</a> of waters.  Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
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And there they left their <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 14: 12.">images</a>, and David and his men <sup>b</sup><a href="2_sam/5/21b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB carried them away.">burned</a> them.
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&#182; And the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Chr. 14: 13 (13-16).">Philistines</a> came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And when David enquired of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, he said, Thou shalt not go up; <i>but</i> fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
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And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
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And David did so, as the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had commanded him; and smote the <sup>a</sup><a href="2_sam/5/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Sam. 8: 12.">Philistines</a> from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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